different between preoccupation vs taxonomy

English

Alternative forms

• pre-occupation

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French préoccupation, from Latin praeoccupati?. Synchronically analyzable as pre- +? occupation or preoccupy +? -ation

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

preoccupation (countable and uncountable, plural preoccupations)

1. The state of being preoccupied or an idea that preoccupies the mind; enthrallment.
2. The act of occupying something before someone else.

Synonyms

• preoccupancy

Related terms

• preoccupy
• occupation

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- +? -nomy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tæk?s?n?mi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tæk?s??n?mi/
• Rhymes: -?n?mi

Noun

taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)

1. The science or the technique used to make a classification.
2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
3. (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

Synonyms

• taxonomics
• (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy

Coordinate terms

• nomenclature
• ontology

Derived terms

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